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Originally Posted by stonetools
So far as I can tell, most hackers did not say, " Buy the NC so that you could get a better experience buying and using B&N content."
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It doesn't matter what they were saying about it: only that they were talking about it, and tech writers were dutifully repeating them in a game of telephone that repeatedly made it's way out to Yahoo! News and the NYTimes. The NC was getting fresh press four and six and eight months into its lifespan, and moving more units without lowering prices (except through refurb back-channels which, for the most part, only people near the warm center of the tech sphere know enough about to take advantage in time).
You're frequenting an ereader news/discussion site (or sites?)--you're hearing "I got Kindle on my Nook Color..." "I got the Google market on my Nook Color..." "I'm playing Crysis on my Nook Color..."
Meanwhile, general consumers on the periphery are just hearing "Nook Color... Nook Color... Nook Color..." and maybe getting the vague impression that smart people like the device. Even over on the B&N forums, the majority of users are running stock solely or primarily, and even many of those buying pre-made CM7 cards treat it as a novelty and continue buying books from B&N and reading them in the stock reader.
The majority of people picking up their NC at brick-and-mortar stores, however (Walmart, Staples, Best Buy & etc in addition to B&N), will never visit an internet forum, never hear of CM7, and continue playing Angry Birds and reading James Patterson by the path of least resistance: B&N's e-store.
When Lifehacker's 64th article about turning an Ikea table into a computer desk comes out, do you assume Ikea will never sell another dinner plate?